Eric Hélary enjoyed the best preparation possible for his upcoming American NASCAR appearance by claiming victory in the weekend’s second Elite Super Final race this afternoon. Read the rest of this entry »

Europe’s first NASCAR race staged on an oval produced an historic debut victory for Ben Kennedy who used all of his experience to win the Michelin 100 at Tours Speedway amid – what will go down as another first – wet conditions. For the EURO-RACECAR NASCAR Touring Series it could not have been a better occasion with the joy of spectators and wider community combining to make this event a triumph.

Having ushered in a new era this year, the second half of the 2012 EURO-RACECAR season will witness another significant first for the category as it stages the maiden NASCAR Series oval race in Europe (July 6-8). Organised in conjunction with the FFSA, the 600m Tours Speedway oval that lies at the heart of the Indre-et-Loire city will provide a brand new playground for the competitors.

A lack of sponsorship looks to have dented a rookie Spaniard’s chances of joining the F1 grid.

Earlier this year it was rumoured Vitantonio Liuzzi could lose his HRT seat as the Spanish team eyes a place for Javier Villa. The 23-year-old, who drives a BMW in the world touring car championship, was reportedly targeted for a prominent role by the team’s new owner Thesan Capital.

Kevin Ceccon will drive for Scuderia Coloni in the Barcelona and Monaco GP2 rounds.

So Paolo Coloni, the Italian team’s head manager, chose to bet on another Italian talent, remaining faithful to the same philosophy his team always followed in more than 30 years of motorsport history. Read the rest of this entry »

All GP2 Series teams fruitfully ran one of their new cars at Paul Ricard
+ GP2 Series test in Abu Dhabi

Today was an important milestone in GP2 Series history: for the first time the twelve teams entered in the category for 2011-2013 ran their brand new GP2/11 cars at circuit Paul Ricard under clear blue skies and on a 3D configuration track. Only one car per team was used for this shakedown during which fast times were not the priority. Read the rest of this entry »

Sam Bird has started his season with a shot across the bows of his rivals by putting himself at the top of the timesheets in today’s season opening free practice session here in Barcelona, finishing narrowly ahead of Charles Pic and Sergio Perez. Read the rest of this entry »

Young guns dominate last testing day at Paul Ricard, but Maldonado ends on top spot

Pastor Maldonado ended both three testing days at the top of the timing sheet in Le Castellet. He clocked in a best laptime of 1:09.784 this afternoon. This last day was also marked by rookies’ strong performances starting with Jules Bianchi who claimed this morning’s top spot. Read the rest of this entry »

Rapax veteran quickest in opening day of first 2010 collective test session in Le Castellet The sixth season of the GP2 Series kicked off today at Paul Ricard with a three-day official test session on a 3D configuration track. This week, all twenty four cars will be using Bridgestone medium compounds for the first two days and will conclude their tests on soft tyres. Read the rest of this entry »

Italian scores DPRs first win since 2005 and offers the British squad third place in the 2009-2010 GP2 Asia Series

Giacomo Ricci was all smiles and pumping the air with both fists on todays podium after he flew from fourth on the grid to leading the race even before Turn 1 and then pulled away from his rivals. Untouchable and extremely consistent, the Italian comfortably won his first GP2 Asia race with a 5.3s gap on ARTs Sam Bird. Read the rest of this entry »

Luca Filippi gave MalaysiaQi-Meritus.com their first GP2 Asia victory today at Sakhir following a strong performance during the feature race and resisting race-long pressure from Series Champion Davide Valsecchi. Read the rest of this entry »